Residents seek nighttime flight ban at U.S. base in Okinawa

OKINAWA, Japan - Plaintiffs and their supporters holding a banner that reads ''give us back our peaceful nights,'' enter the Okinawa branch of the Naha District Court to file a lawsuit demanding a nighttime flight ban at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture on April 28, 2011. About 22,000 residents around the base filed the noise pollution suit, also demanding compensation from the Japanese government.

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